Wednesday, December 19, 2012
There will be a public meeting to share project information at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall.
There will be a public meeting to discuss Broadway streetscape and utility improvements from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19 in the City Council chambers at City Hall. The following was announced on the City's Department of Public Services page: The City of Newport is in the final phases of design for two separate construction projects to make utility and streetscape improvements to Broadway from Farewell Street to Bliss Road. We understand that the residents and businesses along Broadway will be affected by these improvement projects and would like to invite all interested parties to become involved. This public meeting is to share project information such as the most current construction plans, anticipated work activities, …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Broadway will not implement back-in angle parking in the streetscape project.
The Newport City Council voted to receive a recommendation from City Manager Jane Howington to keep parking in the Broadway Streetscape Project front-in angle parking during Wednesday night's meeting. City staff conducted a feasibility investigation on implementing back-in angle parking. A report, provided by the Louis Berger Group, recommended that parking should remain as initially designed for several reasons. According to the report, there have only been an average of 2.5 angle parking accidents on Broadway. The report also cited public resistance to back-in parking, especially from the elderly, could be problematic. Instances from Brunswick, ME and Plattsburg, NY, were also cited in the report, where communities adopted and later …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
City administration will report back to the council on the pros and cons of back-in parking by the Dec. 12 meeting.
Newport drivers may need to put it in reverse. The Newport City Council passed a resolution 5-2 to reconsider back-in parking in the Broadway Streetscape project during Wednesday night's meeting. Councilors Jeanne Napolitano and Stephen Coyne were opposed. During a recent charette examining ideas to improve and enhance the Washington Square area, back-in diagonal parking on Broadway was suggested as an alternative to the parking arrangement planned in the Broadway Streetscape project. The design for the project has already been completed, and creating a redesign would come with a cost, City Manager Jane Howington said. City Councilor Jeanne Napolitano said she was wary of making changes so late in the design process and that she would be …
Tom
7:33 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
It doesn't take a consultant to figure out that it was a bad idea. Stop screwing up traffic for a minority entity. more ›